India Sends 13th Batch Of Humanitarian Assistance To Afghanistan: MEA

In view of the urgent appeals made by the United Nations to assist the Afghan people, India has supplied the thirteenth batch of medical assistance consisting of essential medicines and medical/surgical items to Afghanistan on Tuesday.

The medical items include pediatric stethoscope, sphygmomanometer mobile type with pediatric BP cuff, infusion pump, drip chamber set, electro cautery, nylon sutures etc that were handed over to authorities of the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul.

"The 13th batch of medical assistance as part of India’s ongoing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, has been handed over to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul," said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Till date, India has supplied almost 45 tonne of medical assistance, which included essential life saving medicines, anti-TB medicines, 500,000 doses of covid vaccine, medical/surgical itemsetc. In addition, India has also supplied 40,000 MTs of wheat for the Afghan people.